Respiratory Specialists Working in Different Ways: Development of a GP Hotline and Respiratory Support Service During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Overview

Journal Future Healthc J

Specialty Health Services

Date 2020 Oct 23

PMID 33094266

Citations 5

Authors

Kartik Kumar

Vincent Mak

Katherine Groom

Yasmin Razak

Joanna L Brown

Toby Hyde

Anna Bokobza

Robina K Coker

Mohini Parmar

Ernie Wong

Loong-Yuan Han

Sarah L Elkin

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Abstract

Integration of primary and secondary care for the management of respiratory disease is a long-held ambition. Here, we describe how respiratory specialists at a large NHS trust, working with primary care clinicians in the area, set up a GP hotline and respiratory support service in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the aim of enhancing delivery of care to patients in this unprecedented time. Working across traditional organisational boundaries in this way confers benefits to patients and clinicians, illustrating the value of new, integrated models of care.

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